chauffeuse

[shoh-fœz]

chauf·feuse

[shoh-fœz]
noun, plural chauf·feuses [-fœz] . French Furniture.
a fireside chair having a low seat and a high back.

Origin:
1900–05; < French, feminine of chauffeur. See chauffeur
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Chauffeuse is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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chauffeur (ˈʃəʊfə, ʃəʊˈfɜː)
 
n
1.  a person employed to drive a car
 
vb
2.  to act as driver for (a person): he chauffeured me to the stadium; he chauffeurs for the Duke
 
[C20: from French, literally: stoker, from chauffer to heat]
 
chauffeuse
 
fem n

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